Well your balance/posture after hitting a shot are different than neutral position waiting for the next shot.

It's less hit and run, and more hit and recover...meaning you square yourself back up to facing the net and instead of turning and running back you shuffle back to the middle prepared for a shot to come back to you in any direction.

Did I learn something LeeD?

I wouldn't say shuffle back so much as be square to the net by the time the ball reaches your opponent. In general, shuffling is slow and won't help you cover much distance, so it's only fine when you don't have to recover too far.

Now I'm confused again. Shouldn't it be like this...
you hit a shot,
then try to get back to middle (or wherever the best location is) by running, shuffling, walking,
then stop running and get in balance/square at the net only before opponent hits

You hit your shot, but you have to regain some semblence of balance, because your followthru position is NOT a good position to change directions and start moving from.
You head towards center of opponent's angles, but you slow down and open your stance while still moving towards your destination in anticpation of your opponent's shot going CC, AT you, or behind you. You don't need to stop moving towards your destination, but you have to be balanced enough to move in any direction.
Running is not a balance position to react to where the ball is going.

But you explain it differently than I did, so for some viewers, your version is easier to understand.
I get lots of flak because of the way I express myself. Tough cookies for me, but oftentimes, what I say is really more important than the ego that said it.

I wouldn't say shuffle back so much as be square to the net by the time the ball reaches your opponent. In general, shuffling is slow and won't help you cover much distance, so it's only fine when you don't have to recover too far.

Shuffling is too slow when they pull you off the court.

Not so much when it's closer to a neutral ball/rally...if you're at the alley then the center is only about 2-3 shuffle steps away which is not that far.

Seems in tennis, against fast players, you hit AT them or behind them, negating their speed and exposing their true hitting ability.
Against big guys, you always hit behind them, as changing direction is very hard carrying lots of mass.
Against slow guys, you hit to the open court.
Of course, these are generalities. There exists fast movers who hit well, so you end up shaking their hands at the net.

The general rule of thumb is to try to reach the bisection point but split step at your opponent's contact no matter where you are.

Agreed. But I try to go further than that to give the mind a few extra moments to recover. I try to stop moving well before the opponent makes contact, even though I may not have recovered to the proper position fully, to gain a few extra moments to recover and relax. Helps me a lot!

Thanks a lot!
You just posted how to beat LeeD easily, without even trying.
Yes, I"m gimped and can't run. But if you try hitting the corners, I'll anticipate and somehow get there, to hit a weirdo short angle or deep slice save.
If you hit AT me, I'll go for more than I can handle, and make your life really easy.

DTL baseline shots should be reserved for winner attempts, not rally balls.

Not sure how true that is. Over the weekend tournament, I and my opponents hit loads of dtl shots to each other's bh I'm lefty. Many of our points felt like eternity. Had we hit more to each other's FH, it would of been much longer. 2 10-game, no-ad sets which we pretty much played nonstop to clear the court for others lasted over 2 hrs for me.